he speaks to what's best inside us. >> for the next three days, nelson mandela's body will lie in state in the capital city of pretoria. on sunday his body will be buried in the village in which he was born 95 years ago today -- or 95 years ago. joining me richard wolfe, founder and president for social inclusion mia wiley and author and radio host of studio 360 curt anderson. richard, i want to go to you first because you have a pitch on the decided glitch-free nbc.com. it's a great assessment of what is an important speech. lets read an excerpt from it in which you write. of all speeches obama's eulogy for mandela was a remarkable milestone in his presidency. the lessons of mandela as described by obama are the mixture of hope and power that represent his own political philosophy, a combination of what he calls struggle and shrewdness and persistence and faith. >> he's given a lot of big speeches, so it's very easy to dismiss them as another big speech. yes, the history of this is everywhere. it's mandela, the first black american president, first black president of south africa. but